Homemaking: Menu Plan and Intentional Living 11/14/11

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FYI - My homemaking goal is listed below my Menu Plan.

Be sure to check out last weeks' grocery shopping trip: WeeklyGroceryShopping.com.

Menu Plan

Breakfast Menu Plan
Lunch - leftovers or whatever for me (kids eat school lunch and they typically provide lunch for my husband at work)

Dinners (we eat a primalish /paleoish diet  - limited grains/sugar):

1. KISS night (keep it simple silly - same thing every week).  Chef salads: spinach, romaine, chicken, bacon, thawed peas, cheese, green olives and hard boiled eggs .
2. Italian Cream Cheese Chicken  or pork chops (using chicken) serve with mashed potatoes (or baked) peas and carrots.
3. Big ole sirloin tip roast - trying this method posted at MarksDailyApple.
4. ThePioneerWoman steak bites serve with sweet potato fries and green beans.
5. Cinnamon Stewed Something didn't have this last week. I might make this or have "chicken wing" burger crumbles. Fry burger, add LA hot sauce, ranch dressing mix and cream cheese. Served with rice and broccoli!   
6. Taco potatoes (taco meat over baked potatoes - didn't have this last week) serve with salads.
7. Hubby cooks - I always try to have meat on hand and he's great at whipping stuff up. Last week it was fish that our friends brought to us.

Other recipes I want to try:
Qdoba's steak - SimplyRecipes , Paleo biscuits,


My notes for meal #3....I read this method of preparing meat over MarksDailyApple:

Take a beef roast, braise it, shred it, marinate it in lime juice, garlic, cilantro, salt, pepper, paprika and cumin overnight, then fry it in olive oil until crispy. Put about a pound of that onto a plate. Top the steak with cheddar cheese, cream cheese and fresh pico de gallo loaded with lime juice and cilantro. Top that with chopped romaine lettuce, sliced avocado, more lime juice and more cilantro. Seriously, the BEST meal in the world. I'd eat that over anything. Filet mignon, all you can eat sushi, cheeseburger and fries, pizza, whatever. Nothing beats that. NOTHING. Except MAYBE if you replace the beef with smoked pork shoulder. MAYBE.

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Homemaking Plan

Goal Setting posts:

• Homemaking Page 
• goal setting does NOT work for me 
• priorities 
• Goals vs. Priorities with an Action Plan

My one word this week:

Listen 

 You know...the little voice in your head that says quietly, "get off the computer."
"GET off the computer please."
"GET OFF THE computer now"
"GET OFF THE COMPUTER"

Why is it so hard to listen to that voice? Because I choose to ignore it. So this week, I really really need to listen. I know what my priorities are, but often get sidetracked. This week I MUST follow the schedule that I set. It's too easy to "work" just a few more minutes.


Check out other menu plans at:

Orgjunkie
11th Heaven's Homemaking Haven always has a lot of homemaking posts to read as well!